MORE AND BEYOND OSSY said:
I am really enjoying this thread, to all involved, thank you very much
love the video's
Best of luck, Ossy
Thank you guys so much Robert, Jeff and Ossy from Down-Under, I will keep posting and producing videos as long as I can! Sorry about the cold water Jeff, I learned Scuba back in '77 in Monterey CA and it was 50 degrees and that was bad enough so I came to the Caribbean in '88...much better!
I think maybe Jason isn't able to get online over in MonteCristi since we haven't heard from him on here so I will answer RELICDUDE07 's question...yup, that indeed looks like a tusk but it is actually a bronze spike that was bent in the wrecking process.
I'm heading to bed as it is fast approaching midnight but I will leave you with a bedtime story...an excerpt from the research by Dr. Lubos Kordac (Bobadilla) on a wreck in our territory and we know right where she probably is...Pirate Booty & Wenches!
The “Black Eagle” – a pirate ship sunk in 1824 in Punta Rusia
Roberto Cofresí was famous pirate – and probably the last real pirate of the Caribbean - of the 19th century. Though born in Puerto Rico in 1791, he
was loved by Dominican people till his death in March of 1825 almost as a national hero. He was often called the Robin Hood of the Caribbean.
Roberto Cofresí was active as a pirate only for a short time – from 1823 till 1825 when he was finally caught and shot dead – but he was extremely successful in his business. During these two years he assaulted, captured and robbed more than 60 ships of different nationalities. He always shared his booty with poor people living on shore of Hispaniola or Puerto Rico and helped fishermen of both nations both with provisions and even with money. No wonder that they tried to help him with warnings, serving as watch or hiding him from Spanish authorities. After one year, in the beginning of 1824, he changed his former ship for the bigger one that he had captured. He named her “Black Eagle”, that was also one of his nicknames that local fishermen gave him.
As a real pirate, though married in Cabo Rojo with Juana Creitoff, he had several affairs on Dominican soil. One of them was young girl in a small fishermen village called Puerto Juanita between Puerto Plata and Montecristi. Not only that, he was supposed to bury two treasures at both ends of a small sandy beach there, but his ship, “Black Eagle” sunk in the small bay in front of the village in 1824. It is highly probable that it had some pirate booty on board and it is known that the ship sank quickly because she caught fire.
Some booty was always on board of any pirate ship and according to the historical documents and information from Dominican historians the “Black Eagle” was arriving to Puerto Juanita when fire spread on board. It means that the ship was coming from pirate activities on the high seas. Roberto Cofresí never came back with empty hands.
The waters in front of former Puerto Juanita are very shallow and clear so the search and salvage works would have very good conditions there!
Well, my TN friends, he sounds like my kind of guy and this sounds like my kind of ship...pleasant dreams of pirate booty and wenches!
G'nite,
Jack
